Just FYI, the first quick tip I'm going to share with you applies to a PC (Windows computer) or Mac, not your Chromebook. The first helpful tip will allow you to access your bookmarks, apps, and extensions when using Chrome on your desktop or laptop. To do this, you just need to log in to your Chrome browser. It is very simple to do! Just see below. Linking the data for your account will keep your browser signed in so that if you install an extension or app on your Chromebook, it will show up on your desktop. You still have to log in to your mail and everything on your PC, but this will sync history, extensions, apps, themes, and preferences from device to device. The second helpful tip is how to manage multiple Google accounts on your computer. We all know that students need to be good digital citizens, but it is also important (more so, in my opinion!) for teachers to be good digital citizens. This tip I'm highlighting is super important to utilize if you have a personal Google account that you log into at school. Keeping your personal account and work account separate is really important, but when you just click on your icon at the top right of Gmail or Drive and Add Account, it is messy and your accounts can easily get confused. The last thing you want is to share something with someone that you didn't mean to share. The easy fix for this is the Incognito window. This is a way for you to search without saving browsing history (Note - what you do incognito is not kept from the tech. department or our internet service provider). The benefit of this is that it allows you to log in to a separate Google account. See below for the easy how-to! There is another really cool way to add accounts in Google. Kasey Bell of Shake Up Learning did a blog post on this if you are interested. However, the way our computers currently are set up at school, this won't work. I use it on my home computer, though, and I love it since I have three different Google accounts!
Hopefully these two simple tips will help those of us still getting our feet wet with Google. To my Google pros, any easy organizational tips you'd like to share? I'd love to hear from you!
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